Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-03-28
ANNAPOLIS MD, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH %. 1887.
GRADY AT HOME.
Tas Georgian's Gorgeous Presence Over
Powers Timid Newspaper Man.


Powers Timid Newspaper Man.
In May last Memphis reporter, who
was swinging around the Southern cir
cult in search of a newspaper that could
not exist without his services, chanccd
to visit Atlanta, and called upon Mr..
Grady.
He says; 1T was not exactly
friendly call, as Mr. Grady had not the
honor of my acquaintance. My mis-
sion was one of business exclusively,
and the social amenities of journalism
were lost sight of in the hope of getting
job at almost anything week In
front of the Constitution Building /
saw three reporters standing and gaz-
ing reverentially up ut the third floor
corner window. / knew them to be
reporters by their fashionable attire
and intellectual foreheads. / asked
them in what part of the building Mr..
Grady might be found. They simply
pointed with jeweled forefingers in the
direction they were looking, and re-
sumed their orisons. The elevator boy
was startled when told that | wished
to be set down on Mr. Grady's floor.
He evidently considered me rash. At
the second floor we took on several
compositors. / knew they were COM
positors, because they were careless in
raiment and bore themselves as men
who carry the earth in type-stick.
81 remarked to one of them that /
wished to see Mr.. Grady.
j" Rather it was you than me- he
replied, with sympathy that was
little puzzling to me then. 1t didn't
puzzle me ten minutes later.
"On reaching the third floor the
elevator boy pointed me silently down
a spacious hall lined with rare plants,
and adorned here and there with cost
" works of art in bronze and marble.
At the further end was massive door
of carved oak. In the center of the mid
die panel was round hole about the
size of half-dollar, and just below
this a silver bell-pull. gave the
knob a twist, and in a moment mel
low tenor voice was heard through the
opening, asking who was there. told
my name and business.
I" Beg pardon for standing you off,
said the owner of the voice, opening
the door. i thought you were Con-
gresham; were SO pestered with em
here.
81 entered a luxuriously appointed
ante-room, and confronted a handsome
young man wearing priceless dia-
mond pin and delicate bang.
;" Wait here until | seek the Pres
ence, lie said solemn'y, and disappear
ed through an inner door.
''By this time nerve was as scarce
about my person as the price of board.
Presently the handsome young man
returned, and said: He will see you. ;
''I followed him and found myself in
Mr.. Grady's audience chamber. 1t was
furnished with oriental splendor There
were four persons in the room-the
Governor of the State, United States
Senator, stenographer, and the man
was seeking The great journalist
was seated on Il rich divan, debating to
the stenographer, while the others
hung breathlessly upon his words. |
took him to be about 40 years old. He
is thick-set and has the appearance of
man whose stomach never gets left.
if he knows it. His head is round and
covered with short growth of black
hair his face shallow, smooth-shaven,
and lighted by Il pair of cold, piercing
black eyes. His voice is well modu-
lated, but penetrating. 1t went through
me like a knitting-needle, and stuck in
the wall beyond.
+" Tell him. he said to the short
hand man, i have my eye upon you,
and if Gordon does not get a majority
of the delegation from your country
We'll. sir, suddenly discovering me,
what do you want?'
- i thought Uncle Remus was here,
stammered out. Nothing else occur
red to me. was paralyzed.
/" You'll find him down at Miss
Sally's," replied Mr.. Grady, and some
how in about minute l found myself
on the pavement outside.
Everybody in Atlanta seems to re-
gard Mr.. Grady as the greatest product
of Georgia, and the awful reverence
with which he is treated is not confined
to the employees of the Constitution. He
Is the king bee in that jug town, and.
| beyond all compare is the most over
powering journalistic magnate | ever
encountered. Memphis AUalapchc.
Deacon Benjamin Farnum. of Con-
cord, 4. H.. who is over so years Of
age, recently yoked his ten handsome
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